Whether you are looking to update or expand your existing outdoor lighting system, or are starting from scratch, we can help! We are the Charlotte area’s premier outdoor lighting company providing professional designs and installations to some of Charlotte’s most beautiful homes and gardens. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte understands that your property doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Our experienced exterior lighting designers give careful consideration to your entire property and how your house and outdoor living spaces look within that environment. If you have a pool, gardens or outbuildings, we will work to create a design that integrates all the elements of your property into one comprehensive and attractive plan.

This year’s show will take place at the Park Expo and Conference Center at 800 Briar Creek Road, Charlotte, NC, 28205. Showtimes are February 24-26 and March 3-5, Fridays and Saturdays during the show duration from 10am-7pm, and Sundays from 10am-5pm. Admission is as follows:

Admission

At the Door:
Adults $12.00 Under 15 free with paying adult**Under 15 free does not apply to groups

Advance Online:
Adults $10.00

Seniors Day:
(55+) Each Friday $9.00 (No Coupons)With identification and at the door only

Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September. It honors the American labor movement and the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of the country. For many Charlotteans, Labor Day weekend also marks the official end to summer and the last hoorah for outdoor entertaining. With this in mind, and while you are busy planning the guest list, food and fun, have you thought about how celebration-worthy your backyard will be after the sun goes down?

Will you and your guests be able to navigate your backyard safely in order to enjoy an evening game of corn hole, horse shoes or even for the kids to play in the grass?

Is there enough illumination to check the doneness of those hamburgers and hot dogs you’re grilling?

Is the visibility on your deck and patio good enough to dine comfortably outdoors?

The deck and patio are the core centerpieces of any backyard, and that’s where most of the fun happens including dining, grilling, relaxing and entertaining. It makes perfect sense to enhance this area since it’s the hardest working area during outdoor celebrations. We want your deck to not only look fabulous, but we want the lighting to offer the convenience of helping you with visibility so that you can extend the hours of use well into the evening. We can give you romantic deck lighting and targeted task lighting that helps you see when at the barbecue or grill, overhead café style lighting that can be draped across large bringing in plenty of light to do virtually anything under. We can ensure all the key features of your deck and patio (such as steps) are lit to provide you the safety you need to make them work to their fullest.

Lighting within the landscape itself gives you the freedom to indulge in backyard activities without constraints. We can illuminate trees, shrubs, flower beds, gardens to highlight their beauty and make navigation throughout the landscape easy. Evening yard games become effortless as lighting increases visibility. We can make your backyard glimmer at night with perimeter lighting that makes your property look bigger by enhancing depth and dimension.

Water features are more and more prevalent in our outdoor spaces– requests for pool, spa, fountain, pond and waterfall lighting have increased considerable over the past few years. Families are looking to make these watery enchantments a stand-out feature in their yards and they are seeking to enjoy their use and beauty even in the darkest hours. Our expert lighting designers know exactly how to capture the movement and character that water provides to give you unparalleled relaxation and increasing safety around your pool and/or water feature.

At Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte, we don’t believe in cookie-cutter lighting kits and one-size-fits-all designs. We focus on designing the perfect lighting system for your specific needs. From casual accent lighting to fully adjustable outdoor displays, we will highlight your home, outdoor living spaces and landscape in a whole new way. Our lighting will sure your Labor Day celebration can continue after the sun sets shows you are the host that makes certain no detail is missed. Imagine being able to grill, dine and entertain well into the evening with the versatility outdoor lighting provides.

Ken Brantly, Owner Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte.

Contact us today to make your backyard ready for family, friends and fun in time for Labor Day and every night throughout the year! You can reach us at (704) 849-8808 or via email at charlotte.outdoorlights.com.

The biggest summer holiday is this weekend with the 4th of July just days away. Many families are planning for the celebration as they have been busy wrapping up National Great Outdoors Month that has been going on all June.

Adding light to your outdoor entertainment and garden areas ensures your evening festivities can keep going all night long no matter what the season thanks to good visibility. Not only can we beautifully light up the façade of your home, including the steps, porch and your front door (and even your flag!)—but we can illuminate all those zones that you use most for entertaining such as your deck, patio, pool, outdoor kitchen, walkways and the entire perimeter of your backyard, too! If you’d like to play catch with the kids or battle it out with friends at a game of corn hole, we make sure it’s bright enough to see what you are doing without a harsh, blaring glare.

There is virtually nothing that you can’t do in the evening outdoors just as easily as if it were daytime with good lighting. Our designers will help you achieve a stunning alfresco look that not only has an elegant and exciting vibe, but also helps you do all the things you like to do while getting a fresh breath of air. What better time to be outdoors than when it cools down, the crickets are chirping and your backyard is a moonlit wonderland? Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte will help you keep all your outside activities going no matter what the hour. You can cook, dine, hang out with friends, swim in the pool or toss the ball with ease with properly placed outdoor fixtures that are made right here in the USA. We don’t sell cheap, big box store grade lighting that deteriorates after only a season or two. Our gorgeous all metal fixtures are made to withstand Charlotte’s hot sun, rain, snow and ice and still look fabulous for many years to come.

Simple tasks such as walking the dog, taking out the trash, getting your mail late at night or coming home from work and parking on the driveway can all be made much easier with increased visibility that is provided by high quality outdoor landscape lighting. We help you avoid trampling your garden beds, driving onto the lawn or being spooked by an evening critter you can’t see. At the same time, we extend your opportunity for nighttime fun because you feel comfortable and safe enough to hang out well into the early hours. If you and your guests can see exactly where you are going, it makes getting around your property a breeze.

Let your outdoor areas become an extension of your home, which adds immediate real estate thanks to additional usable square footage. Keep partygoers outdoors so they don’t make a mess inside your home, and can still have an enjoyable time and feel at ease being outside. Your Independence Day party can continue right on through to the fireworks display which everyone can enjoy right on your deck or back patio without a hitch.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte is supporting National Garden Month by helping Charlotteans light up their evening landscape that they are busy working on this spring season. With the fabulous weather we’ve been having, homeowners are outdoors in their gardens planting new shrubs and flowers, getting their veggie plants in the ground, cleaning out their pools and prepping for warm weather entertaining with family and friends.

Once you’ve got your front and back yard spruced up and just how you want it, be sure to cap it off with custom landscape lighting that shows off all your hard work. There is no reason why all your beautiful trees, upgrades and hardscape should disappear into the blackness of night. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte will design an illumination scheme that casts a moonlight glow on your garden beds, stonework, pathways and your home’s frontage. We can highlight any special feature that you are looking to stand out in your landscape such as an ornamental tree, water feature or even a piece of garden art or sculpture. You can enjoy your backyard at virtually any hour of the day or night thanks to professionally installed outdoor lighting.

Landscape lighting offers additional benefits our customers rarely think about when setting up an appointment with us. Sure the gorgeous evening glow is what delights our clients most, but you get the bonus of increased safety, security and convenience, too! Ward off potential trips and falls from guests with good lighting where everyone can walk around with good visibility. Sure footing thanks to proper illuminations makes it easy to get around, go up and down stairs and get the car safely onto the driveway without running over garden beds or the lawn. You can see who is by the pool and in the water, your visitors can get to your front door with ease, and your lit pathways can guide your guests from one end of your property to the other easily.

Security is another key outdoor lighting advantage, since burglars usually try to avoid well-lit homes that look occupied. We will look at your property in the evening to consider areas that are poorly illuminated and are potentially good targets for a thief, and we will add targeted light that will send them elsewhere. We install timers that turn your lights on and off at random times so it looks lived in, even if it’s a summer or vacation home.

The convenience factor of being able to hang out with friends and family well into the evening is another big plus that custom landscape light brings about. We can set up task lighting so you can grill and work at your outdoor kitchen with ease, you can have dinner, the kids can play on their swing set, and guests can swim in the pool all night long. The entertaining can go on as long as you like thanks to good outdoor lighting that keeps the party rolling. Everyone will feel comfortable because it’s easy to see and it looks gorgeous outside to boot.

Why settle for boring outdoor lighting fixtures from one of those big box stores that only lasts a few seasons and are the same style that all your neighbors have. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte offers you commercial-quality lighting made right here in the USA with gorgeous and unique designs that are sure to create those “where-did-you-get-those” envious stares in your neighborhood.

We have Festoon light strings that are designed to be permanent and provide a truly unique draping of light overhead that provides plenty of visibility over a covered porch, patio or deck providing a festive flair that gives an outdoor Parisian street cafe vibe. A cable is used to support the weight of the wires for safety and strength.

Festival lighting was added to this outdoor living space to create ambiance and enhance use of the space in the evening.

Similarly, Orb lights are multiple strands of lights that can cross large spans such as above a large outdoor patio, your outdoor kitchen/dining area or draped romantically in a tree. They are much bigger than the lights on festoon strings and you have the option of 10″, 12″ and 16″ globes available in opaque white, multi-colored and clear. When lit up, these globes appear to be floating and offer a truly magical, fairytale appearance.

Orb lights hanging from trees give a magical appearance.

Sparkler fixtures are truly special because they are custom-made especially for Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte. Holes are cut out of the metal so when the light shines through them, they bounce a fabulous spray of light patterns that dance on pathways, walls and most anything nearby. These fixtures are very distinctive and bring an artistic vibe into the garden like no other.

Garden Luminaries are yet another fixture that is completely different. These striking lights look like sculptural art during the daylight hours with their gorgeous shapes and metalwork designs, but at night they take on an otherworldly feel with romantic ambiance. They also cast remarkable shadows of light around a walkway or wall in the darkness that is breathtaking. If you are looking for something to stand out in the twilight, a few of our luminaries will fit the bill.

Don’t forget that we also can retrofit your existing fixtures to be converted and updated to LED bulbs, too. No need to run out and spend money on brand new fixtures if your current fixtures are in good condition and you will benefit from the energy savings that these bulbs provide and their long life.

As a homeowner, you’ve invested copious amounts of your time and energy creating a premier property with the utmost curb appeal. As night falls, shouldn’t your landscape and garden areas be just as appealing? Landscape lighting, when strategically placed with an artistic eye for design, can make your exterior spaces come alive under a wash of moonlight-like illumination. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte is the professional exterior lighting company residents of the Queen City and surrounding areas turn to when they want their property to be shown in its best light, day or night. One of our custom designed outdoor lighting systems will make sure the stunning results of your hard work glisten in the darkness, adding ambiance to your outdoor living areas and making your property the envy of the neighborhood.

Night- blooming Gladiolus.

We provide exterior lighting designs which highlight your home’s landscaped surroundings, drawing special attention to prized plantings, trees and other features. In the evening, exterior accent lighting adds depth, texture and dimension to your yard while enriching the colors of your landscape. Imagine fragrant Night Gladiolus glowing in the lunar-like luster of a path light as its creamy yellow blossoms permeate the night air with a spicy aroma, or the papery silver-gray bark of the river birch appearing almost sterling with up lighting while down lighting accentuates and adds drama to its umbrella-like canopy of diamond-shaped, double-toothed leaves.

Overall, the idea behind landscape and garden lighting is to create a special area which truly offers its best qualities at night. This space can be further enhanced with the addition of night-blooming varieties of flowers and plants that practically beg to be cast in the warm glow of exterior lighting, such as: Brugmansia, or Angel’s Trumpets – a small tree with hanging flowers, Evening Stock – a bordering ground cover, Tuberose – opulent flowering bulbs, Japanese Wisteria – a woody vine with clusters of blossoms, and the fragrant Evening Primrose. No matter which type of foliage or floral displays your garden and its surrounding may contain, landscape and garden lighting intensifies their vibrant beauty…matched only by their intoxicating fragrances.

The aesthetic appeal of garden and landscape outdoor lighting is powerful, enabling you to utilize your property to its full potential. The amazing feeling of outdoor rooms you can create outside your home for enjoyment and entertaining with proper exterior lighting are almost endless. By filling dark shadows with warm light and spotlighting stepping stones and pathways, your garden and surrounding areas become your evening outdoor living environment casting an almost magical spell on its inhabitants.

A few of the endless benefits of landscape and garden lighting include:

Add depth and mystery to your evening landscape

Show off your creativity

Make your yard safer for evening travel, while creating ambiance

Increase your home’s curb appeal

Choosing low-voltage landscape and garden lighting such as our LED lighting will save you money in operational costs

A well-lit landscape and garden area is the ultimate finishing touch for any property by adding value to your home and its surroundings while it makes them safer and makes your home and grounds stunningly beautiful at night. Are you ready for such a transformation of your property? Call Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte today, and let us bring light to your Charlotte nights.

I know many Charlotteans are busy planning upcoming additions to their landscapes. From bulbs, perennials, to bushes, trees and even annuals to welcome spring with a splash of color! As refreshing as it is to add to your landscape, or even take on the task of a complete yard makeover, no landscape endeavor is truly complete without outdoor lighting!

We have put together a video to demonstrate all the benefits outdoor lighting can provide when planning your spring landscape:

The best way to enhance the beauty of your gardens and landscape is through the addition of outdoor lighting. If your garden and landscape plantings are easy on the eyes during the day, by adding garden and landscape lighting you can transform these areas into a magical space in the evening. Garden and landscape lighting is not only coveted for its aesthetic appeal but having a well-lit landscape will also enable you to take advantage of utilizing your property to its full advantage.

Imagine being able to enjoy the beautiful fruits of your landscaping labors with no constraints in the garden that you worked so hard to cultivate. Imagine being able to play lawn games such as croquet, corn hole or horseshoes while hosting an evening barbecue with friends and family. The possibilities that professional garden and landscape lighting encompass are endless.

There is no denying that winter has finally arrived here in the Charlotte area. Late January and early February are most often the time when we experience our coldest temperatures. Daydreaming of warmer days and nights ahead help to ease winter’s chill. With this in mind, many homeowners are beginning to plan for upcoming landscaping projects and additions. Landscape lighting, accent lighting and garden lighting is a magical way to enhance your outdoor spaces and add beauty to the landscape — and the best part is, outdoor lighting can be added anytime, in any season!

It is a common misconception that many residents think of spring as the ideal season for planting, when in truth, many trees and shrub specimens respond better when planting during the cooler months because it reduces stress on new plantings and makes them more likely to establish successfully in order to thrive in the future. Here in the Southeast, cooler temperatures and lowered humidity make fall and winter the best times to move ahead with many landscaping projects. This includes the addition of outdoor lighting to the landscape!

Take a look at these Charlotte landscapes before and after the addition of outdoor lighting and see why lighting adds the finishing touches to your new or existing landscape:

Benefits of the well-lit landscape:

There are four (4) main benefits to adding landscape lighting to your property. These are beauty, curb appeal, safety and security. While the aesthetic benefits of landscape lighting are an inevitable plus, the added benefit of making your home safer and more secure is a driving force for installing landscape lighting for many Charlotte area homeowners.

A picture is worth a thousand words when it comes to describing the beauty benefits of landscape lighting. Trees, shrubs and flowers come to life under the spell of lighting! Your lawn will appear more lush, your blooms will appear more colorful and vivid, and your landscape will have depth and dimension!

Landscape lighting also aids in a more secure home because the veil of darkness is lifted making your home less tantalizing to would-be criminals. Burglars typically decide which homes would make good candidates from the vantage point of the street looking for accessible homes that allow easy entry and exit. Criminals are more likely to target a home that cannot be observed by neighbors or a passersby. If your home and landscape is well-lit, criminals are more likely to pass it by, since an attempted break-in on your property would require them to step into the light, leaving them vulnerable and exposed. No more dark hedges or shrubs under windows!

From a safety perspective, the addition of landscape lighting improves safety for you, your family and the guests who frequent your property at night. Whether it is a quick trip to the pool house to grab laundry, an evening game of corn-hole or horse shoes by the deck or dinner on the patio, landscape lighting will ensure the areas you frequent in the evening are visible and safe for eased travel and enjoyment.

It is also no secret that homes with professional outdoor lighting installations generally appraise for more than those which do not. This is a testament to the power of curb appeal. Not only does your home “show” better at night for potential buyers and to spark interest, today’s home buyer is savvy and recognizes the many benefits of outdoor lighting in comparison to other homes in their price range.

At Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte, we’re already getting ready for one of the brightest, most colorful days of the year: The 4th of July. If you love the fireworks and celebration as much as we do, we’ve got a fun outdoor lighting solution to help you add beautiful bursts of color to your home every day of the year. Professional garden lighting can not only bring out the natural colors in your garden or yard, it can even become to main event.

Professional outdoor garden lighting adds a splash of color to your garden after dark.

Enhance the natural colors in your favorite plants and flowers with gorgeous spotlights and professional accent lighting. At Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte, garden lighting is one of our favorite things to design. You show us the pieces that matter most to you, and we’ll help you bring them out in style.

Craft a one-of-a-kind atmosphere with Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte garden lighting. Whether you’re planning to host a July 4th cookout in the backyard or a small get-together in the garden, we’ll help you set any mood you want and create a beautiful, colorful look you’ll love.

Get creative with big bursts of color in your garden. Your Charlotte garden lighting can become the main event when you install beautiful colored lens filters that explode with color in your yard like the gorgeous fireworks shows you look forward to every year.

The options are endless. Show off your patriotism with traditional red, white and blue, or try something different to create a truly unique blend of color in your garden. From dreamscapes to big, bombastic party spots, our outdoor lighting professionals can help you get exactly what you want from your garden at night.

You’ve put a lot of thought and hard work into your garden – let us put the finishing touches on it to really show off your work with Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte garden lighting. Whether you’ve got just a few perennials in bloom or have given your entire yard a splash of color, professional outdoor lighting gives your home a gorgeous, polished look when the sun goes down.

Learn more about Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte garden lighting when you call today!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. It’s possible to absorb large amounts of information by simply looking at one photo. With that in mind, we wanted to let you know about a new e-magazine filled with beautiful photos, called Loving Outdoor Living. The free online guide, brought to you by Outdoor Living Brands, contains page after page of full-colored outdoor settings, information on new outdoor living products and the latest home developments in outdoor living spaces. You’ll even find information on entertaining outdoors and tasty recipes to try.

Take your time to browse through the free Loving Outdoor Living e-magazine. You can even download the PDF version to save for future reference. If you like what you see and are interested in more, hop on over to the Loving Outdoor Living blog that continues to engage you with the latest news on outdoor living comforts and accents.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte is proud to be part of the Outdoor Living Brands family. As you page through the free e-magazine, be sure to stop and read how Charlotte outdoor lighting adds more life to outdoor living, found on page 25. The article will explain how landscape lighting enhances your outdoor living spaces and the various techniques we use to light your Charlotte decks, paths, pool areas and more.

It’s the perfect time of year to enjoy your outdoor living spaces. It’s also the perfect time of year to enhance those spaces with Charlotte outdoor lighting so you can enjoy them longer into the night. If you’d like to see how Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte could light your home, landscaping, pathways, deck, patio, pool area, garden and more, give us a call at 704-849-8808 or visit our Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Charlotte website. Our consultation is always free. We think you’ll like how your outdoor living spaces look at feel with the soft illumination of Charlotte outdoor lighting.